Irie Rasta Ganja Farmer
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Advice/guidance please!
I am a legal grower growing indoors. I do not like anybody seeing anything to do with my grow room. I will not take my plants outside for any work or maintainence. This has created one problem for my grow.
I should start by telling you that I grow in soil in 5 gallon buckets. I feel that to adequately water my plants I need to have at least 10% drainage come from my pots after a good feeding. This helps prevent nutrient build ups. I also believe in letting my roots get nice and dry between waterings. My problem is that watering indoors does not give me many options for proper irrigation of my babies. I use 5 gallon pots and 10 percent runoff is half a gallon each plant. I do not like using a saucer under my pots to collect runoff water for several reasons: My main problem is that the saucer won't hold half a gallon of runoff water and needs to be dumped or turkey basted to prevent my plants from sitting in stagnant water until the excess evaporates. I always make a mess attempting to move my pots from a saucer full of water to a dry saucer AND I am good at spilling the saucer full of dirty water on it's way to the dump bucket. All of this gray water in my basement cannot be good for anything.
I have thought about this all day after mopping my floor twice and my best solution is something like this...
I am going to buy a simple Ebb and Flow table. I am considering the American Hydroponics Bigfoot Hydro Garden Complete Package. This comes with an Ebb and Flow table with a 45" X 26" tray, A 30 or 38 gallon reservoir (websites are conflicting that detail) and a pump to move the water back to the top after it's drained. My theory is that I can set 3 or 4 plants in 5 gal pots on the table and water them as much as I feel necessary. The water will fill the table and drip into the res. I will use the included pump to get the water from the res into a bucket which I can carry to a drain one room away.
My concerns are these: Will the table I am looking at hold at least three 5 gallon pots full of soil and water? Does this even make sense? Is there an easier/better/cheaper way to do this?
I am open to suggestions but please stay on topic. I need to be able to effeciently water AND leach my garden in a small space indoors. I will not switch from soil. I won't use smaller pots. I just need to drain them more! All help is appreciated!
RASTAFARI LOVE AND GUIDANCE!!!
I should start by telling you that I grow in soil in 5 gallon buckets. I feel that to adequately water my plants I need to have at least 10% drainage come from my pots after a good feeding. This helps prevent nutrient build ups. I also believe in letting my roots get nice and dry between waterings. My problem is that watering indoors does not give me many options for proper irrigation of my babies. I use 5 gallon pots and 10 percent runoff is half a gallon each plant. I do not like using a saucer under my pots to collect runoff water for several reasons: My main problem is that the saucer won't hold half a gallon of runoff water and needs to be dumped or turkey basted to prevent my plants from sitting in stagnant water until the excess evaporates. I always make a mess attempting to move my pots from a saucer full of water to a dry saucer AND I am good at spilling the saucer full of dirty water on it's way to the dump bucket. All of this gray water in my basement cannot be good for anything.
I have thought about this all day after mopping my floor twice and my best solution is something like this...
I am going to buy a simple Ebb and Flow table. I am considering the American Hydroponics Bigfoot Hydro Garden Complete Package. This comes with an Ebb and Flow table with a 45" X 26" tray, A 30 or 38 gallon reservoir (websites are conflicting that detail) and a pump to move the water back to the top after it's drained. My theory is that I can set 3 or 4 plants in 5 gal pots on the table and water them as much as I feel necessary. The water will fill the table and drip into the res. I will use the included pump to get the water from the res into a bucket which I can carry to a drain one room away.
My concerns are these: Will the table I am looking at hold at least three 5 gallon pots full of soil and water? Does this even make sense? Is there an easier/better/cheaper way to do this?
I am open to suggestions but please stay on topic. I need to be able to effeciently water AND leach my garden in a small space indoors. I will not switch from soil. I won't use smaller pots. I just need to drain them more! All help is appreciated!
RASTAFARI LOVE AND GUIDANCE!!!
